2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
3/19/2024 | 3:00 PM - 3:55 PM | Using LENA as a Tool to Support Language Outcomes in Early Intervention | Capitol 1
Using LENA as a Tool to Support Language Outcomes in Early Intervention
The LENA (Language ENvironment Analysis) device, sometimes referred to as a “talk pedometer,” collects information about the spoken language and auditory environment of a child for one day. LENA generates a report indicating the number of adult words, child vocalizations, and conversational turns, as well as information about the child’s auditory environment. Functional use of the LENA device in CHIP, Colorado’s early intervention program for children who are deaf and hard of hearing, will be discussed. Examples of LENA reports for several children, as well as family perspectives about this powerful technology, will be shared. Ways in which early intervention providers can utilize data from the detailed LENA report to guide their sessions and to support language outcomes will be explored.
- Participants will be able to utilize information from LENA to create data informed goals or strategies to use with a child on their caseload.
- Participants will describe three ways the LENA is valuable to early intervention sessions.
- Participants will be able to interpret the results of a LENA report.
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Handouts:
3478265_16255LaurenPontis.pdf
Transcripts:
3478265_16255LaurenPontis.doc
Presenters/Authors
Kelly Doolittle
(Co-Presenter), Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind, kdoolittle@csdb.org;
Kelly Doolittle, MA, is a Colorado Hearing Resource (CO-Hear) Coordinator for CHIP (Colorado Home Intervention Program) under the Outreach department for the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind. As a CO-Hear Kelly is responsible for connecting with, and supporting families who have children (birth to 3 years old) who are identified as deaf or hard of hearing. She supports individual families and children from the initial referral at the time of diagnosis, to the transition to Part B services at the age of three.
Kelly is a teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing and has previously worked in the public school setting as both a center-based and itinerant teacher. She has worked with the CHIP program as a facilitator for 19 years before becoming a CO-Hear coordinator.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Lauren Pontis
(Primary Presenter), University of Colorado, lauren.pontis@colorado.edu;
Lauren Pontis, AuD, CCC-A is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is an audiologist with experience in hospital, educational, and early intervention settings. Dr. Pontis’ clinical and research interests include pediatric audiology, amplification, electrophysiology, child development, and providing care to d/Deaf+ populations. With a strong emphasis on family-centered counseling practices, she is dedicated to enhancing the understanding of hearing differences beyond the traditional medical model of disability.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Consulting fee for Other activities from Envision/CHIP.
• Receives Salary for Employment from University of Colorado.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Financial relationship with University of Colorado.
Nature: I am an employee of the University of Colorado Boulder. I also am a paid early intervention provider (CHIP facilitator) in the state of Colorado.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Kimberly Coulter
(Co-Presenter), LENA, kimcoulter@lena.org;
Kimberly Coulter, MA, is Senior Training and Data Specialist at LENA. Prior to training LENA's research and clinical customers on using the LENA technology, she supervised a team of linguistic transcribers as part of LENA's development, from 2005-2008. Since 2008 she has trained and supported customers who are using LENA with children who are deaf or hard of hearing, helping interventionists understand LENA data both to gain insights into children's home environments and to provide valuable feedback to their parents.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Salary for Employment from LENA.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Financial relationship with LENA.
Nature: Employee of LENA.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.